Supercharged 2011 Mustang GT Sets Speed and Time Records

Ford Racing’s supercharged 2011 Mustang GT set a speed and time record at Bristol. It completed a half mile oval in 19.481 secs at 98.497 mph. It doesn’t seem fast, though, right? Consider this:

So while that doesn’t sound all too impressive to those of us used to 1320 times, well, put it like this: the best of super bikes was only able to eek out a time just a tenth slower & a mph slower, also. That’s nuts; a Mustang beating a bike around the track in a 1/2-mile sprint!